How to Fix Corrupt PST File?

Sometimes while accessing or at startup, Outlook pops up some strange error messages. In most of the cases, these error messages point to a single reason i.e., corruption of the PST file. Since Outlook uses a single PST file for each Outlook profile, corruption of which freezes the access of Outlook and leads to a critical data loss. At this point in time, instead of distressing about the damaged PST file, it is better to think about how to fix corrupt PST file.

Some of the most common reasons that lead to PST file corruption are mentioned below:

Sometimes due to an operating system crash or a power surge, Outlook terminates abnormally. In such type of cases, PST file becomes corrupted.

PST file gets corrupted if the size of data stored in that file exceeds the allocated size of that PST file.

Some of the other reasons are the improper file system recovery, infection of virus or malware, deficiencies in outlook programs, accessing PST file over the network, compacting of PST file, etc.

Since PST file is prone to corruption it is good to take some precautionary measures to avoid loss of data stored in Outlook profile rather than thinking about how to repair damaged PST file, after corruption. In order to be safe in terms of Outlook data, it is advised to take a regular backup of PST file. A proper backup will always stand behind you in case of Outlook data loss. With this advance application, the user can repair damaged 2gb PST file of Outlook 2000 in a couple of mouse clicks.

There is a PST repair tool named scanpst.exe which is available with the Microsoft Outlook. Unfortunately, this tool repairs only the damaged PST file header and it deletes the content, which it is unable to understand while repairing. This tool might further damage your PST file. Better, switch to some third-party PST repair tool to repair PST on Outlook 2007, which can repair and recover data from it. Because the inbox repair tool may fail to repair the PST file in case of a severe corruption, whereas this software has the capability to fix PST file that is corrupted to an extent. It can easily fix damaged OST file in just a few steps and creates a new healthy file along with Outlook attributes.

Fix PST is one such advanced utility, which repairs corrupt PST file and recovers data. This tool, which can be used to repair broken PST file, treats your PST file as read-only and never harms your original file while repairing. It just scans the corrupted PST file and extracts data from it then it creates a new PST file with the extracted data, which you can import to your Outlook profile easily, without any modifications. This tool helps you to repair PST on Outlook 2010, 2013, 2016, 2007, 2003 and 2000. Using this utility, you can recover email messages, folders, contacts, calendar items, meeting requests, appointments, tasks, RSS feeds, journals and notes from the damaged PST file.

Step 2: The main window has three options. If you know the location of the PST file click on "OPEN PST FILE". Select "FIND PST FILE" to search. Also if you select OPEN PST FILE then click on "Browse" button to select the PST file, else click of "Find" button to search.

Step 3: After selecting the path of PST file, click on the "Next". A window appears with two scanning options as shown in fig B

Fig B: Select Normal Scan/Smart Scan Option

Step 4: Select the desired scanning option and set the destination folder where you want to save the new PST file by clicking on the "Browse" button. Now click on the "Repair" to fix corrupt PST file.

Step 5: Upon completion of the repair process, the software will display the list of items repaired and recovered in an Outlook-styled interface as shown in fig C.